January 16, 2026 – Siri Creator Lon Safko and Author Your Brand Doug Crowe

Lon Safko – Best Selling Author & CEO at Innovative Thinking and Author of The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success If chat can write an amazing response to my prompt, I started wondering what it could do if it wrote its own prompt. When I saw the results, I freaked out. That’s when it really changed everything for me. Lon Safko is the bestselling author of “The Social Media Bible” which hit #1 on Amazon, and “The Fusion Marketing Bible” which hit #3 on Amazon. He is an acclaimed international keynote speaker and the host of the PBS Television Special “Social Media & You… Communicating In A Digital World.” According to Steve Jobs, Lon created the “First Computer To Save A Human Life!” Lon has 3 patents and has 18 inventions. More than 30,000 of his personal records are part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution!  Lon was the recipient of the Westinghouse Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and was twice nominated for the Inc. Magazine and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Dough Crowe – Founder of Author Your Brand We are professional storytellers. Even in a non-fiction book, we build story arcs, hooks, and narrative elements that make people want to turn the page, because most books don’t get finished simply because most books are boring. Doug Crowe is a business growth strategist, personal brand specialist, media insider and the founder of Author Your Brand, a ghostwriting and publishing company that has helped business owners and entrepreneurs launch hundreds of Amazon #1 bestselling books by turning their expertise into influential thought-leadership platforms. He leverages decades of experience in media, marketing, sales psychology and storytelling, drawing on a background that includes a degree in speech from Northwestern University, early success as a Dale Carnegie award-winning trainer and contributions to major outlets like Entrepreneur Magazine and the Chicago Tribune. Doug’s work helps CEOs, founders and professionals amplify their influence, build strategic alliances and expand their reach through published authorship and personal brand development.